What a difference a cab makes

[SoundAt11]

For the longest time, I've used a plywood 1x12" cab that was around 18x18x12" deep. I sold it and get a cab that was a large oversize rectangular shape (18x24), but only 9" deep. At the same time, I changed out the pickups in my main dual-humbucker guitar (maple and ebony neck) to a Jazz and JB.
The tone was all mids: low-mids, mid-mids, and high-mids and no deep bass or high treble. The lead tone was killer, but for chimey cleans or heavy rhythm with big lows, it couldn't handle it. I though it was the pickups, so out they went and in went a set of old low output PAF-clones. Again, still really crunchy, but not enough treble and not enough bass. Even with tweaking pickup and screw heights: same problem. So I just built a 18x18 pine cab that is 12" deep. NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE: lots of high, lots of lows.....balanced mids. So for people that think a pickup swap will cure your tone-problem: consider the cab (or the speaker) too.

 

[Diego]

Re: What a difference a cab makes

Yup.

I recovered my Roland Cube 60 a few days ago after years of having it anywhere but here, and it's made me realize that my Egnater Tweaker setup barely has any high-end.

I plugged the Cube into that cab (DIY 1x12 open back plywood cab with an Eminence Wizard) and sure enough the highs get rolled back quite a lot too. Which for an amp like the Cube is excellent but the Tweaker is dark-ish on it's own and this cab is just choking it.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: What a difference a cab makes

The cab is crucial.

 

[Demanic]

Re: What a difference a cab makes

+1

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[GilmourD]

Re: What a difference a cab makes

Definitely.

Notice here that the Marshall and the Mesa cab both have V30s.

 

[Diego]

Re: What a difference a cab makes

That Peavey cab just screams Entombed/Carcass and other old-school Death Metal bands.
Liked the Marshall tone a lot better.

And the Mesa/Peavey mix just kills IMO. Damn.

 

[GilmourD]

Re: What a difference a cab makes

That Peavey cab just screams Entombed/Carcass and other old-school Death Metal bands.
Liked the Marshall tone a lot better.

And the Mesa/Peavey mix just kills IMO. Damn.

I actually have that model Peavey cab. It sounds pretty killer with my Bugera 1960 Infinium. Sounded amazing with the '66 Fender Dual Showman head I used to have.

Theoretically you'd think these cabs would all sound pretty close, but even with the same exact quad of speakers you'll get a different tone from any of them.